Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-18

people nave SHOWN cDeeIS IOT IdI pldy,
which they have given me. Renewed
cheers The more the subject is argued
out in reasonable way by reasonable
men and intelligent iberty-loving men,
the more will
THE STAMP OF PUBLIC CONDEMNATION
and reprobatiOn be put upon Lansdownes
unjust action, Loud cheers and some
hootsl and the sooner will the poor peO-
pie OF Luggacurran return once more to
their humble homes in triumph, with
blessings on your heads. Loud and pro-
longed cheers mingled with some hOOts
and Kisses.
DIsGRACEEUL SCENES.
Never, in the worst days of the Belfast
disorders, was a scene of more disgraceful
rowdyism exhibited than that shown this
afternoon in Queens park when crowd of
Toronto 0rangemen attempted to storm
the platform, and, failing in that, to choke
off all possibility of 0'Brien being heard by
keeping up continual din of groaning,
Kissing and cries of "God save the
Queen" and "Rule Britannia" 1t
was 4 o'clock when the crowd had
about f.dly collected, and it then seemed
a fair estimate to set the number present at
10, 900, although the people kept pouring
in in such floods from all quarters after
the meeting had begun that there were
times when 10000 persons would not be
an oyerestimate. Many Of the banks in
the city were closed and the students in the
University were let loose. Many of these
with crowds of desperate looking roughs,
whose only glory in life seemed to be a row
or riot, were organized in compact band,
and excited little suspicion, because they
said never word until their time came.
The first demonstration came from a soli-
tary man at the left hand Of the platform,
who stood up on the stump of a tree, and
BEGAN GROANING
at the meeting and at those on the platform
as though his life depended on the effort,
Near him was woman waving q green
branch in her hand, and no sooner had
she seen the obstreperOus Orapgeman than
she ran the butt Of the twig down his
throat, which effectively chOked of the
disturber amid q roar of applause from the
crowd and cries of God save Ireland"
A rush was made for the woman, but she
was among her friends, and surging
wave of thousands drove back her
would-be assailants. At this moment, Mr..
O'Brien entered the park in carriage.
One hundred and fifty policemen, in
charge of Lieut.. Col Grassett, were scat
tered through the crowd or. drawn up in
files on the outskirts. Sergeant Seymour
was in charge of 6 squad of mounted men,
and when the disturbance and attempted
breaking up Of the meeting took place,
most determinedly took their place and
remained there from the beginning to the
end of both Mr. O'Brien's and Mr.. Kill
brides speeches.
The policemen quietly folded their arms
and said not word. In all the disturb
ers did not number more than sixty per-
sons and many OF them were armed with
sticks, Two trees in front of the platform
were taken possession OF by II crowd of
young roughS, who hissed ont into the
speakers faces during the greater part Of
the time, until few powerful men among
the NatiOnalists caught hold of the trunks
of the trees and shook the dIsturbers to
the ground This seemed TO anger the
Orangemcn, who
KNOCKED TOWN ONE OR Two OF TIIE
NATIONAILSTS
with blows Of their clubs. The National
lists in return usel their fists veVy effect
lively. Police Inspector Archibald and
Deputy Chief Stuart, who were in con-
pany with Col. Grassett, smiled in most
good naturedly way and made no effort to
drive off the crowds who pressed with
might and main TO reach the front of the
platform, but in vain. With the exCep-
tiOn of couple of charges by single police
men or horseback no attempt was made to
interfere with the rioters.
The representatives of American newspa-
pers who surrounded Mr.. O'Brien on the
platform were plying their pencils vigor-
Ously. Presently the Orangemen, by one
supreme effort, were nearly gaining their
point by displacing the Nationalists and
reaching the front of the platform, when
the Americans signaled to the NatiOnalists
to keep their places. This suggestion,
which was entirely in their interest, be-
cause if the Orangemen reached that spot
a bloody time would certainly have ensued.
This so angered some of the policemen
on the platform that they threatened TO
throw them head over heels to the ground
n they attempted any such signal again.
The Orlngemen set up two stump speakers
70 talk at the same time as Mr.. UBrien.
They rOared themselves hOarse amid the
frantic cheers and yells of the COterie who
shouted in derisive cheers at those on the
platform. "Pay your rent" "Hurrah for
Lansdowne," God save the Queen"
The first signal TO interrupt the
meeting by grosning and singing God
save the Queen" was givrA on the appear
ance of J. A. Mulligan, President Of the
local branch of the League, az Chairman OF
the meeting, but he held out steadily as
did O'Brien and Kilbride and in the end
the following resolution was passed amid
an outburst of cheering from the thousands
and groans and dissent from the groups Oi
Orangemen:
THAT this meeting Of citizens Of To
ronto warmly sympathizcs with thc mis-
sion of VIM. O'BrieD, NJ. p, IN ca, ada,
and take this opportunity OF entering
hearty protest against the unjust and cruel
treatment Of the tenants at Luggacurran
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